The South Caucasus has the potential to strengthen regional integration. Farhad Mammadov, coordinator of the Peace Bridge initiative and director of the South Caucasus Studies Center, expressed this opinion after a meeting of civil societies from Azerbaijan and Armenia. He argued for the region's attractiveness from a transport and logistics perspective in the current geopolitical situation.

Three suspects have been detained in North Ossetia in connection with the explosion at a pyrotechnics warehouse in Vladikavkaz, which killed two people and injured 15.

Dagestan's head, Sergei Melikov, dismissed rumors of his imminent resignation, stating that he is focused on dealing with the aftermath of the emergency and helping the victims. He noted that while he is busy addressing the republic's pressing issues, "passions are running high" in political circles and the media in Dagestan.

Today, Novaya Gazeta released a statement regarding the searches of its editorial offices on April 9, following which journalist Oleg Roldugin was detained and then arrested the following day by Moscow's Tverskoy Court.